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From: Borja Marcos <borjam@we.lc.ehu.es>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Optical drive and uk0 device
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 23:59:43 +0200
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Dan Nelson wrote:
> 
> dcmyers@access.digex.net wrote:
> >
> > I just installed a Fujitsu 230MB magneto-optical drive
> > on my FreeBSD 2.1R system.  At boot time, this is how
> > it is (un)recognized:
> >
> > Apr 27 17:36:37 freebsd /kernel: (ncr0:3:0): "FUJITSU M2512A 1304"
> > type 7 removable SCSI 2
> > Apr 27 17:36:37 freebsd /kernel: uk0(ncr0:3:0): Unknown
> >
> >

> 
> An alternative is to update to a newer version of BSD that recognizes
> optical media.  I'm running the 960303-SNAP, and my drive comes up as od1
> (optical drive).

	Im using the "od" driver in /usr/local/xperimnt/joergs-2.2-mixture and
it works. It's called
od-driver.diff

	Borja.


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